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Opera Mini v4 finally available.

37 posts · originally from https://geek.digit.in/community/threads/opera-mini-v4-finally-available.72681/

krazzy
krazzy Original post #1
Nov 7, 2007 at 10:06 PM
The final version of Opera Mini v4 is finally available. So head to mini.opera.com from your cell phone browsers to download it.
Pathik
Pathik #2
Nov 7, 2007 at 10:06 PM
Awesome news
krazzy
krazzy #3
Nov 7, 2007 at 10:11 PM
Yes while browsing on my v4 beta 3, a note started appearing on every page announcing the availability of the final version of v4. So i downloaded it and currently posting from it. However i find it no different from v4 beta 3.

Upon downloading, this browser will replace the previous v3 browser (if present) while the beta versions will remain.
Gigacore
Nov 7, 2007 at 10:19 PM
Posted this from Opera Mini 4! RockZ
a_k_s_h_a_y
Nov 7, 2007 at 10:22 PM
some one please upload here.. thanks !

thanks guys.. i see its availble for free download from net
krazzy
krazzy #7
Nov 7, 2007 at 10:25 PM
^^ It can't be uploaded as it is not one-size-fits-all software. It is different for different phones. Its best if you use your phone browser to download it. That way the site will recognize your phone and you'll get the version for your specific phone. Or you can go to the Opera website via pc, select your phone and download the specific version.
Pathik
Pathik #8
Nov 7, 2007 at 10:25 PM
*www.operamini.com/download/
Gigacore
Nov 7, 2007 at 10:51 PM
and try this *www.santhosh.pcchitchat.com/?p=17
naveen_reloaded
Nov 8, 2007 at 12:07 AM
Got late... I thought of openning this news by myself.missed.anyway nothing new compared to the present one.may be some unknown bugs may be fixed.
I dont see any change.
Anyway what i am happy is i am using two opera 4...one final version and another is beta...yöü wont get chance like that.actually to say,i have three including the hacked opera mini..
Tech.Masti
Nov 8, 2007 at 1:04 AM
yes, just downloaded, still not able to find out any difference from Beta4.......
i also have both versions on my phone, one is Beta4 and another is final :)
naveen_reloaded
Nov 8, 2007 at 6:38 AM
Heah thats why i use them anti always...say about multiple access...
Gigacore
Gigacore #13
Nov 8, 2007 at 7:12 AM
^ what do u mean... is there any opera mini with tabbed browsing :shock: ? Please tell me if its there.
Garbage
Garbage #14
Nov 8, 2007 at 8:48 AM
Gigacore said:
^ what do u mean... is there any opera mini with tabbed browsing :shock: ? Please tell me if its there.
nah... he means, when u install Opera Final 4, it don't uninstall it's BETA version. So both Final and Beta version can co-exist on ur phone.

So, if u have multi-tasking phone, u can run both versions of Opera and navigate different pages.

Isn't it Naveen??
Gigacore
Gigacore #15
Nov 8, 2007 at 8:51 AM
yeah... i had opera mini 3.1 and opera mini 4 beta 3... when i downloaded it removed opera mini 3.1 and installed over it... but it didnt remove Opera Mini 4 Beta 3... The Final Version of opera mini 4 ROCKz... many bugs in beta has been fixed... the font is awesome...
Cool G5
Cool G5 #16
Nov 8, 2007 at 9:31 AM
Let me try this.
I am waiting for opera mobile 9. :)
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Hitboxx #17
Nov 9, 2007 at 9:08 AM
Strangely, it still lags behind my phone's default Opera browser in the following areas

1. Multiple windows
2. Page saving
3. Text selection & search
4. Certificate management
5. Custom zoom
6. Encoding & security
7. Animations

If only they had provided landscape mode, it would have been a killer :(
rockthegod
Nov 9, 2007 at 1:29 PM
This (v4) is one awesum browser... I just bought a new AT&T Tilt (HTC TyTn II), and installed both Opera Mobile 8.65 and Opera Mini 4.... though Opera Mini 4 gets installed thru java midlet app.. its working full screen and its better than Opera Mobile at rendering pages.... its faster too...and no problems with rendering pages whatsoever.... I m now able to use orkut extremely well rendered.... :) Couldn't resist to post a few screenshots.... :D

Tested Page Rendering Speed and Quality....(on a scale of 1 to 10; S=Speed; Q=Quality and Correctness of rendering)

My Rating (counted seconds for the page to render) on a 12 Mbps WiFi....

1) Opera Mini v4 (S=10; Q=8 ]
2) Opera Mobile 8.65 (S=8; Q=7)
3) Picsel Browser v1.0 (S=6; Q=10)= ==> This one is awesum but speed is kinda slow
4) Deepfish (Preview Edn) (S=8; Q=8 ]
5) Internet Explorer Mobile (S=7; Q=6)

Waiting for mobile Firefox..... :D



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Cool G5
Cool G5 #19
Nov 9, 2007 at 5:17 PM
Thanks for the comparison.I also find opera mobile slow compared to opera mini.
krazzy
krazzy #20
Nov 9, 2007 at 7:02 PM
A problem i noticed, which was also there in the betas, is that it doesn't display smilies on the forum.

Another annoyance is that on my phone if i press the Walkman key or the activity menu key, the browser goes one page back. It happened on every mini on my phone.

Good thing is that they kept the ability to keep text in the reply field on forums, which is useful to quote and edit posts. They had removed it in v2 and v3.
Cool G5
Cool G5 #22
Nov 9, 2007 at 10:02 PM
On what platform will mobile firefox come?
Java or symbain or both??
RCuber
RCuber #23
Nov 9, 2007 at 10:31 PM
I cant get this working on Moto L9 and Airtel . the service is Airtel Online :mad: .. I was not able to browser on any version of opera (v3, v4 alpha,beta) before installing V4.
rockthegod
Nov 10, 2007 at 1:32 AM
@Cool G5: You are welcome !!!! :)

Cool G5 said:
On what platform will mobile firefox come?
Java or symbain or both??
As far as the various net sources predict, it will be available on both Symbian and Windows mobile..... :) Maybe for the future Android too .... :)
gxsaurav
gxsaurav #25
Nov 10, 2007 at 5:53 PM
Comapred to Opera Mini 3.0, i m download more KBs per session in Opera Mini 4 for same pages, which is bad cos i m paying more due to BSNL pay-per-KB plan
Gigacore
Gigacore #26
Nov 10, 2007 at 6:07 PM
^^^... yeah the v4 consumes a lot in "landscape - Full size" view. So i think u should opt the "Mobile View" Just press 1 and select the "Mobile View" in portrait mode. So it just works like v3.1 And disable "High Quality" Pic... thats it..........

It takes 5 KB to load Google in "Landscape-Full Mode" while it just takes 2 KB in "Mobile View" in portrait MODE !!
gxsaurav
gxsaurav #27
Nov 10, 2007 at 6:25 PM
I did all that gigacore, still the same issue. For example, with images disabled & mobile view on, Opera Mini 3.1 takes 5 KB to open Digit forum front page, while in Opera Mini 4 it takes 8 KB
Gigacore
Gigacore #28
Nov 10, 2007 at 6:51 PM
:shock: Opera says v4 consumes less bandwidth... i hope its a kind of let down... please report this to opera.
gxsaurav
gxsaurav #29
Nov 10, 2007 at 7:20 PM
In Opera mini 3.1, disabling images used to remove them compleately from the page being rendered, but in Opera mini 4, disabled images are replaced with a box which I guess results in more data being downloaded

already submitted this bug long back
Pathik
Pathik #30
Nov 10, 2007 at 8:58 PM
^^ i dont think so. it just shows a box so that u know that there is an image here.. it actually helps sometimes...
krazzy
krazzy #31
Nov 10, 2007 at 9:37 PM
^^ Interestingly the colour of the box is the same as the major colour in the actual pic, i.e. if the image has lots of black in it, the box will also be black.
gxsaurav
gxsaurav #32
Nov 10, 2007 at 9:41 PM
thats true, but thats also a reason for downloading more data...can't we have an option to enable or disable this bounding box thing
Pathik
Pathik #33
Nov 10, 2007 at 9:43 PM
Man opera mini v4 is havin probs with NOP in many symbian fones.. :(
Cool G5
Cool G5 #34
Nov 10, 2007 at 9:43 PM
Also do you guys notice a lag when you press the back button.It loads the previous page agains.
In OM 3 & OM 4 beta 1,2,3 it used to directly go back without loading the page.
I am facing this only in OM 4 final.
krazzy
krazzy #35
Nov 10, 2007 at 10:16 PM
^^ That happens rarely and only on forums. I haven't seen it happen on regular web pages. Btw i somehow got logged out of ThingDigit forum today automaticaly. Its annoying to log back in again.

Another problem is that when you open a page you previously opened, the loading bar appears at the bottom of the screen and the page loads normally but you see that its actually similar to the page that you opened earlier and any changes occured (like on forums creation of new threads or new posts) are not reflected. Meaning it opens the same page again without the changes, but still makes us wait for the page to load. This problem really sucks. Then you have to normally reload the page to see the changes.
Gigacore
Gigacore #36
Nov 10, 2007 at 10:25 PM
@ pathiks, its not the prob with NOP i think...
gxsaurav
gxsaurav #37
Nov 10, 2007 at 10:29 PM
For me, I use Opera Mini to check my Orkut Scrapbook on the go. Thats what I do 95% of the time on my Phone when i m away from computer. So for me, Opera mini 4 isn't that bad other then the data problem.

Oh! & sometimes i visit digit forum too from phone :D